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Hosted by Tony Hines · business · EN-US
Chain Reaction is the number one podcast 'All About Supply Chain Advantage, Global Trade And Policy' with Tony Hines containing regular audio snippets relevant to C suite executives, supply chain professionals, researchers, policy makers in government, students, media commentators and the wider public. New episodes every week discuss hot topics in the news and supply chain ideas relevant to everyone involved in supply chain management. There are special editions too. Our goal is to keep our listeners updated and informed about the various factors that can influence the dynamics of supply chains. As the world continues to evolve, so too do the complexities of global supply chains. By keeping an eye on these global events, we can anticipate potential challenges and opportunities, and navigate the ever-changing landscape of supply chains with agility and insight.
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Booking probability
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Guest openness
Selective
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Chain Reaction is hosted by Tony Hines. The show has published 388 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Efficiency & Optimization" (27 October 2026, 8 minutes), "The Hollow Corporation" (20 October 2026, 10 minutes), and "Business News: The Iran War Price Shock, Ukraine Sold Out" (17 October 2026, 22 minutes).
Chain Reaction publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 388 episodes.
Booking probability for Chain Reaction is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Chain Reaction requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Chain Reaction's contact route on record: public web form.
The strongest fits for Chain Reaction are Freight Forwarding and Business & Management Consulting. Chain Reaction has a business audience.
Tony Hines hosts Chain Reaction, a business podcast with 388 episodes published.
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Chain Reaction
“Efficiency is dead” is a great slogan. It’s also a risky way to run a supply chain. I’m Tony Hines, and I’m making the evidence based case for why efficiency, optimization, and cost discipline still matter, especially...
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Outsourcing can look like pure progress until you realize you outsourced your ability to recover. I’m Tony Hines, and I’m unpacking the “Hollow Corporation” idea: organizations that keep a small strategic core while...
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Diesel triples. Freight reroutes. Insurance spikes. Then your grocery bill climbs and your mortgage rate refuses to come down. That is the real story I walk through today, using the Iran war as the ignition point for a...
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Tariffs are built to stop imports, but what happens when the “import” is assembled down the road? We unpack a major shift in global trade and the auto industry: Chinese automakers are no longer just exporting EVs...
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Supply chains are being rewritten in real time, and the author isn’t a boardroom or a new app. It’s geopolitics. I’m Tony Hines, and I’m looking at how global power shifts are turning sourcing, logistics, and...
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The way we picture cargo inspections is outdated and that mismatch is costing us time, money, and security. We sit down with David Smason, founder and former CEO of CargoSeer, now VP AI at Big Bear AI, to unpack what...
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El Nino and sanctions sound like separate headlines until you follow the money and the materials. We connect the dots between climate driven yield shocks, fertilizer and energy costs, shipping volatility, and the real...
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Importing into the United States is no longer a routine admin task. We walk through how a new enforcement-first customs posture changes the practical reality for importers of record, brokers, and forwarders, from higher...
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Bond yields are climbing across the US, Europe, the UK, and Japan and the ripple effects are showing up in places most people don’t connect to the bond market at all: mortgage rates, business investment, supplier...
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Data centers look like anonymous warehouses, but they’re the beating heart of the modern economy and they’re starting to collide with the physical world. We dig into the growing “data center problem”: soaring AI and...
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One chokepoint can change the price of almost everything. When commercial vessels are attacked and traffic through the Strait of Hormuz drops, the ripple spreads fast: higher freight costs, more rerouting, tighter...
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Global trade is booming in 2026, yet the story beneath the numbers is what really matters for business leaders. We’re seeing growth powered by higher prices, not necessarily more shipments, as energy and logistics...
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Imagine saying “summon” and the exact spare part you need appears near your factory, printed within days, not weeks. That’s the promise we unpack with Bindiya Vakil of Accio 3D: agentic AI paired with modern additive...
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Trade rules are getting rewritten in real time, and supply chains are feeling it first. I break down the week’s most important developments across global trade, tariffs, AI-driven logistics, and geopolitics, then...
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Seven ships attacked in a week. Twelve mariners killed. When violence flares in the Strait of Hormuz, it is not a distant headline for supply chain and trade watchers, it is a direct threat to maritime traffic, energy...
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Energy prices are no longer a temporary headache, they’re shaping which countries can invest, innovate, and keep high-value manufacturing at home. I dig into why the UK’s energy costs sit so far above the United States...
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As we celebrate 250 years of US Independence on the 4th of July 2026, Tariffs are back in the driver’s seat, war risk is rattling energy markets, and the global supply chain is taking the hit in real time. I break down...
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I kick things off with an unexpected spring cleaning find: an old harmonica that still works once you dust it off. That little moment turns into a bigger supply chain lesson, because organizations keep “stored” policies...
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Freight markets don’t spike 20% to 30% in a week for no reason. We follow the money and the momentum behind today’s supply chain disruption, starting with geopolitical risk in the Gulf and the growing threat around the...
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The Strait of Hormuz doesn’t need to stay closed for long to rattle the entire world economy. When that corridor tightens, we feel it fast in oil and LNG supply, fertilizer availability, freight capacity, and the...
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